Deep with the first dead lies London’s daughter,
Robed in the long friends,
The grains beyond age, the dark veins of her mother,
Secret by the unmourning water
Of the riding Thames.
After the first death, there is no other.
Dylan Thomas 1953
Lindsey reported the news yesterday on instagram.
SAD NEWS: We are sad to report the beaver who was brought to us in January has been humanely euthanized. This sweet girl who was found in the middle of the road in Martinez continued to have neurological issues and was not getting better. In fact, this week she had seizures and vet staff found she could not recover from her severe neurological problems. While here at Lindsay we gave her the best possible care, people from around the area brought us donations of trees and plants for her to munch and we hoped that the issues she had would resolve with medicine, treatment and care. Unfortunately, not all of our cases end in return to the wild, it is the hardest part of this wildlife rehabilitation.
The silver lining with this beaver is that her body has been sent to UC Davis for testing. This could allow us to finally diagnose her and perhaps help others in the future. We are unbelievably thankful for the donations and interest in this patient. Please know that no money raised for any animal is ever wasted here at Lindsay. Every day we have wildlife that is brought to us, that need our care, that need our help. And it is only with support from all of you that we can help them.
Thank you Lindsey for keeping her as long as you did. I wish it had made things better, although it’s nice to know you’ll try for a longer time. Ahh, it I’m glad somebody is bringing her to Davis. And I’m frankly glad it’s not us, that is a grisly drive with a beaver on ice to a scary meat locker of a university lab. We did it with mom beaver (which was by far the hardest). And again with her grandchildren and great grandchildren.
The tragedy of the little Green Street beaver will be fondly remembered, We wish her spirit well and wonder what will happen with our ongoing family. I’ve been trying to get Moses to go film but he seems to be on walkabout for the time being. Fingers crossed when he gets back he will find them living the good life like nothing has happened.
Meanwhile, a hearty thanks to Robin of Napa who was able to PRA the depredation records from 2017. We are hard at work logging the data they gave us. Some of them are a little painful to read. The new format records “prior attempts to fix problem” and recommends “future measures to be taken“. You would never, ever believe how MANY of them involve ripping out the dam, and how many are exactly the same:
“CDFW recommends that you try what didn’t work for you all over again.”
We’re on number 90 with about thirty to go. Molly Foley kindly volunteered to do some as well. If you are familiar with Excel and have some time to kill let us know,
Yesterday the paperback copies of Ben’s book arrived. We thought it would be good for Worth A Dam to have some on hand for events like the upcoming Audubon talk. They look nice with the review from the WaPost on the top, I’m sure the next batch will come with Pen stickers on the cover. But these will definitely help!
